CHAUVINISM


Meaning of CHAUVINISM in English

n.1 exaggerated or aggressive patriotism.

2 excessive or prejudiced support or loyalty for one's cause or group or sex (male chauvinism).

Etymology: Chauvin, a Napoleonic veteran in the Cogniards' Cocarde Tricolore (1831)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.